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A newsletter by CJ Thorpe-Tracey for banging on about music. Shorter than Border Crossing but more regular.
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106/ Damnit, I knew I should’ve started a post-punk outfit called Undead Sheeran (opens the original)
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So, after a brief moment of silence that gave us false hope he might stand firm, instead, Ed Sheeran bends the knee to the stadium owners and drops Macklemore from his US tour.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="681" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s
105/ Cave completes Brighton (opens the original)
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This isn’t a review of the gig, obviously, since I wasn’t there. But it’s been very interesting watching Nick Cave navigate his huge one-off hometown show, re-upping his connection to a town that adores him. For days, my online feeds have been drowned in conversation about (excitement for) this gig. I move in 6Music Dad-ish circles, I guess, more than I like to admit. I can’t remember so much focus thrown onto one specific local cultural event, not for a long time. We weren’t ever planning to go
104/ Time to get into This Is Lorelei (opens the original)
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If you enjoy your droll, poetic American indie songwriters unafraid to experiment, and you haven’t yet encountered Nate Amos’ solo work, now’s a good time to do the reading. Man’s on the cusp.In September, Water From Your Eyes guitarist Amos releases the second proper album (and first for Matador) from his solo project, This Is Lorelei. It’s called The Singer in My Band and first single ‘Billy Came Back’ was released last month. It rollicks along and tells a great story. Later in autumn the tour
103/ Best music of 2026 so far (opens the original)
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Happy heatwave, and as we’re halfway through the year, here’s my quick tally of favourite music so far.This time last year I’d been to Primavera Sound and Glastonbury, had intense adventures at both, yet in this half-year review I was moaning about a quality dip. This time around, I’ve barely engaged with new albums, my catch up list is still pages long, I haven’t been to any big festivals or gigs, yet it feels like a vintage year. Another reminder that really, how we interact with culture is dr
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